Boating and shipping operations, their associated activities and supporting infrastructure
present a potential for environmental impacts. Such impacts include physical changes to …

Sustainable management of coastal and inland water areas requires knowledge of how
tourism and recreation affects the ecosystems. Here, we present the first systematic review …

Leisure boating is an important economic activity which is increasing in popularity
worldwide, and the Mediterranean Sea is one of the most popular nautical tourism …

Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) utilization of combined heat and power (CHP) systems
allows for the efficient use of on-site biogas production, as well as increased annual savings …

The potential disturbance of dolphins from tourism boats has been widely discussed in the
literature, in terms of both physical vessel presence and associated underwater noise …

Most larger water bodies worldwide are used for navigation, and the intensity of commercial
and recreational navigation is expected to further increase. Navigation profoundly affects …

Otoliths, the biomineralised hearing “ear stones” from the inner ear of fish, grow throughout
the lifespan of an individual, with deposition of alternating calciferous and proteinaceous …

Marine non-consumptive wildlife-oriented tourism, whereby tourists observe and/or interact
closely with animals, without purposely having a detrimental effect on them, has been …

Recreational boating increases globally and associated moorings are often placed in
vegetated habitats important for fish recruitment. Meanwhile, assessments of the effects of …

Despite the growing interest in recreational boating and the increasing number of marinas
along the world's coastlines, environmental knowledge of these ecosystems is still very …